New Generation Muscle Cars

[markinnaples]

My first car was a '76 Camaro Rally Sport, two tone blue with a weak-kneed 305 two barrel, which was slow as molasses in January. But, it looked cool (except for the primer) and I loved it.

My next car was a '78 silver on red Trans Am that was a little faster, but still not all that fast (I think it had like 2.73's in it so off the line it didn't have much).

So, obviously, these cars hold a special place in my heart and I'd love to get a second gen again. And pxtx, I agree that the IROCs, GTAs, and GNs will also appreciate sometime as well. All good stuff.

[4onthefloor]

As much as I like the Older "DAY2" style cars-I have a soft spot for the new generation muscle cars-Back in the days when Iroc-Z's-5.0 mustang's-Buick Turbo regals-Ford Supercoupes-SHO's-Pontiac GTA's-Monte SS..I can go on for days,But I know this board Gets it.I owned mostly all the cool cars of my era,Cool Import's and Rare ones too-like a 1LE iroc z, SSP 5.0 mustang trunk, Rare 2 tone Buick turbo regal limited and the list goes on-My 1979 Z28 is the only car I had sellers remorse about-it was a 350 4 speed ttop car-that I swapped a mean 454 in it,No car on the street could touch it-These cars deserve regonition,I hope the 3rd gen fbody's catch up too=They are FUN cars-it seems like only 1 st gen camaro's get noticed..

[4onthefloor]

[4onthefloor]

This car was the FASTEST thing I ever built-this was a Fully built 231 Turbo Buick V6 with the best of the best-it had a stock appearing John Craig Turbocharger-SMC alky kit-Stretch intercooler-Built 200R4 transmission with a 3200 Stall-I would usually get kicked out of the Racetrack after my 1 st pass,FOR running too FAST-LOL-no bigblock could touch it-

[4onthefloor]

This was one of my MANY 5.0 mustangs-the only Automatic out of the bunch-1989 GT with a 150 Shot of Nitrous oxide from N.O.S along with Dual bottles with a Nitrous Oxide Systems brand Pusher fuel pump-it also had the usual mustang mods of 2 1/2 inch american thunder flowmaster cat back-offroad H-pipe-MSD 6AL-K&N panel filter-Fully built AOD with 2800 Stall converter-Funny thing was 1st time I hit the Nitrous button with small 75 HP pills, The original AOD tranny Blew Up!I then had my tranny guy build me a Nice AOD that could live under stress and put the 150 HP pills in-This car ALSO got me booted off the Track-LOL-The tech guy Got mad because he Told me 'You can run,But dont Hit the nitrous oxide" I then went in the waterbox heated up my Dragradial's-then purged it at the staging lane, Now with sytem fully armed,when the light turned The car jumped like a monster,The run was FUN but I never got my time slip, The Tech guy was MAD he told me to pack up & Get the F***k out of his track..

[JoeC]

I remember a lot of friends buying new late 70's and 80's Z/28, TA, Mustang GT, GN, and SS Monte and some still have them.

I still have my old 86 Chevy PU, two 80s Motion cars and a box of cassette tapes waiting for the 80s come back. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JoeC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I remember a lot of friends buying new late 70's and 80's Z/28, TA, Mustang GT, GN, and SS Monte and some still have them.

I still have my old 86 Chevy PU, two 80s Motion cars and a box of cassette tapes waiting for the 80s come back. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Good looking Motion Monte.

I've been curious if there were dealer prepped Montes and third gen F-bods available back then. I've never heard of any, but I haven't been looking very hard. There were dealer built Mustangs as early as 1982.

I've a Stage III Dominator, Tommie Vaughn GT40 notchback, Crawford Quarterhorse notchback, and a Cartech Turbo car all on my wishlist.

Oh, and Tony DeFeo's 87 LX Cars Illustrated test car. I'm going to find it one of these days, too.

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 4onthefloor</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> </div></div>

Good stuff. I like the little red notchback, but I've got a weakness for 'em. Got one in the garage and four more in storage. Speaking of which, I need to get the one in the garage to the chassis shop to get caged. Then it's off to paint prison for a few years. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]